United States v. Busic’s Empirical Analysis
592 F.2d 13 · 1978
Citation profile
88 federal appellate · 2 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 130 later decisions — most recently December 2021 · most notably United States v. Bagaric (1983), United States v. Wagner (1987)
88 federal appellate · 2 district · 11 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 49 U.S.C. § 1301
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Bruton v. United States · Mapp v. Ohio
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 130 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is enough evidence to justify a lesser included offense charge rests within the sound discretion of the trial judge.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“characteristics of independence and completeness”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whenever confined and serving a definite term or terms of more than one year, a prisoner shall be eligible for release on parole after serving one-third of such term or terms or after serving ten years of a life sentence or of a sentence of over thirty years, except to the extent otherwise provided by law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.